Alyse Black

Alyse Black started out belting Billie Holiday tunes a cappella on the streets of Pike Place Market in Seattle. Since then, she's performed on Seattle’s NPR station, recorded a commercial for Target, moved to Austin, won Billboard's Annual Songwriting Contest, had several songs placed in movies and TV shows, and toured the country playing over 600 clubs, theaters, festivals, television shows and radio stations. She recently won The Recording Conservatory of Austin’s Top Singer-Songwriter Contest and ran a successful Kickstarter to fund her long-awaited next album. Alyse is currently recording her third full-length album with producer Eric Rosse (Sara Barielles, Mary Lambert, Tori Amos), drummer Matt Chamberlain (Fiona Apple, Sarah McLachlan, Dido), and bassist Mark Browne (Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, Jewel). Alyse’s music sounds like falling in love. It sounds like acceptance and beauty and sensuality and raw vulnerable humanness. It is the intense, ballsy bare guts of Adele calmed by the soft and soothing lilt of Norah Jones with a splash of euphoric, pure Eva Cassidy soul. With an aching, soul-touching voice, her award-winning songs will inspire you to goosebumps and wrap you up in velvet. "Alyse Black owned the room. She wowed the crowd. We expect you'll be hearing a lot more from her soon." - Keyboard Magazine - "Everything necessary to take the world by storm." - Seattle Show Gal - "An acclaimed young songwriter moving up in the world." - Austin Chronicle - "Her voice is captivating: rich & velvety." - 103.1 KCDA - "Her songs swallow you whole, and there's nothing you can do about it… One helluva listening high." - San Antonio Current - "Alyse Black has a mystical beauty to her voice... Her pure and delicate tones enchant with the prowess of a skilled sorceress." - Songwriter Monthly - Soulful singer-songwriter. People frequently remark that Alyse' music sounds like falling in love.